A simple web app based on Spring Boot, it connects to an org, retrieves metadata, and creates a package.xml file. The app communicates with Salesforce Metadata API via SOAP protocol. An example of the created file.
Here is an article that describes how it works https://medium.com/@lubomyr.voloschak/salesforce-metadata-api-f7aa2fb94f76
In order to compile this app - the following tools are needed:
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JRE,JDK v.8
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Apache Maven 3.3.9
To assembly via command line, type:
mvn clean
mvn compile
mvn package
In order to run the app, go to the target/ folder and type
$ java -jar demo-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT.jar
All config files standardObjects.txt, metadataTypes.txt, retrieveResponse.xml, retrieveRequest.xml, readMetadata.xml, describeSObjects.xml and describeMetadata.xml should be in the same folder as the demo-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT.jar file.
Open http://localhost:8080/ and fill in credentials to connect to your org.
